Shrine Empire Gallery

Bio CV Exhibitions

Great White Mother, Karachi The Queen’s Statue, Karachi, India
Great White Mother, The Queen’s Statue, Rawalpindi, India

Education

1995-1999 B.F.A, College of Art, New Delhi
1991-2001 M.F.A, from M.S. University, Baroda
2002-2003 M.F.A, Chelsea College of Art & Design, University of the Arts, London UK
2002-2003 British Chevening Scholarship by the British Council
She qualified at the UGC NET Examination for Lectureship in Visual Art. University Grants Commission. She was visiting lecturer, Department of Printmaking at College of Art, New Delhi between 2006-2007.

Group Exhibitions

2019
Delhi Contemporary Art Week, Shrine Empire, New Delhi

2018
Lapses II curated by Anushka Rajendran, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai in collaboration with Shrine Empire Gallery, New Delhi.
India Art Fair, Shrine Empire, New Delhi

2017
Delhi Contemporary Art Week, Shrine Empire, New Delhi
India Art Fair, Shrine Empire, New Delhi

2016
India Art Fair, Shrine Empire, New Delhi

2015
Reviving the Retinal curated by Kathleen Wyma, Gallery Open Eyed Dreams, Cochin

2014
(in) to the middle of the stories, Gallery Open Eyed Dreams, Cochin

2011
Palimpsest, exploring compound identities in South Asian Art, Aicon Gallery, New York
Art Chennai

2010
Her Work is Never Done curated by Bose Krishnamachari, Gallery BMB, Mumbai
Border Lines curated by Johny ML, Art Home, Baroda

2009
The People, two person show with artist Josh PS, curated by Johny ML, Shrine Empire Gallery
Footprints, Women in Printmaking, curated by Kavita Shah, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai & Southern Graphics Council
India Art Summit, Shrine Empire, New Delhi

2008
India Art Summit, Shrine Empire, New Delhi

2006
Kansas City, Missouri, US, 2006. Rock curated by Himanshu Desai, Gallery Art Resource Trust, Mumbai
Unfolding Grace, Lanxess ABS gallery, Vadodara

2005
The Second Coming curated by Himanshu Desai, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai

2003
‘A/P’ artist proof curated by Archana Handa, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai

2002
[not] from here curated by Ric Spencer, Chelsea College of Art, London
The “Quotable” Stencil curated by Himanshu Desai, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
‘Carry on Drawing’ curated by Awantika Bawa, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

2001
5th Bharat Bhawan International Biennial of Print Art, Bharat Bhawan, Bhopal

Born, Kolkata 1976
Puja completed her BFA, from College of Art, New Delhi, 1995-1999 and MFA, from M.S. University, Baroda, 1991-2001. MA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art & Design, University of the Arts, London, 2002-2003.
Puja has been awarded the British Chevening Scholarship by the British Council in 2002-2003. She qualified at the UGC NET Examination for Lectureship in Visual Art, University Grants Commission. She was visiting lecturer, Department of Printmaking at College of Art, New Delhi between 2006-2007.
In 2005, Puja has been involved with documentary photography, Project Aparajita, Voluntary Health Association of India, Andaman Islands.

She currently resides and works in Mumbai.